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Wildlife & Nature · Scotland

Wildlife in Scotland: Zoos, Birds Reserves

The best places to see wildlife in Scotland (Highlands & Islands, Aberdeenshire & Moray, Perthshire, Fife, Edinburgh & the Lothians, Glasgow & the Clyde, Stirling & Argyll, Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway, Scottish Borders): zoos & wildlife parks, birds & nature reserves.

Zoos & Wildlife Parks

  1. Edinburgh Zoo

    Corstorphine Hill, Edinburgh

    Opened in 1913 by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, with penguins, giraffes, chimpanzees, and Scotland's only sloths and koalas.

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  2. Highland Wildlife Park

    Kincraig, Cairngorms

    A drive-through safari and native species such as wildcats, pine martens, capercaillies and white-tailed eagles; run by the RZSS.

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  3. Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park

    Near Stirling

    More than 300 animals, including giraffes, tigers and chimpanzees, with a bird of prey centre and flying displays.

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  4. Five Sisters Zoo

    West Calder, West Lothian

    Opened in 2005, giving homes to rescued brown bears and lions among some 200 species.

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Birds & Nature Reserves

  1. Scottish Seabird Centre

    North Berwick harbour, East Lothian

    Views across the Firth of Forth to the Bass Rock.

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  2. RSPB Loch Garten

    Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms

    Ospreys have bred here in nearly every summer for 70 years; the centre opens April to September, with red squirrels and crested tits too.

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  3. Isle of May

    Off Anstruther, Fife

    Reached by boat from Anstruther: tens of thousands of puffins and eider from May to early July, and a large seal colony.

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  4. Bass Rock

    Off North Berwick, East Lothian

    The world's largest single-rock gannet colony, some 52,000 occupied nests in July 2025; boat trips leave from North Berwick.

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Checked October 2026. Opening times and seasons change, so please check before you travel.

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